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HER MAJESTY'S LEVEE. The following were among the presentations at her Majesty's Levee on Wednesday, which, from the pressure of other matter, vie were slanged to leave over at the time Sir F. Pollock, as Queen's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. The Rev. Dr. Schwabe, by Baron Bulow, the Prussian Minister. Sir Thomas Barrett Lennard, by the Earl of Albemarle. The Rev. Mr. Bridges, by his father, Sir Henry Bridges. Tine Rev. C. Martyn, by Sir James Flower, Bart. Dr. Gordon, by Sir Henry Halford, Bart. Mr Wingfield, as Master in Chancery and Queen's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Simpkinson, upon being appointed one of her Majesty's , Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Whitmarsh, one of her Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Wakefield, on his appointment of Queen's Counsel, by •the Lord Chancellor. Mr. H. Charles Hoare, by the Earl of Denbigh. Me. George Edward Anson, on his marriage, by Viscount Melbourne. Mr. William Evans, M. P., by the Duke of Devonshire. Mr. G. F. Beltz, K. H., Lancaster Herald, and Gentleman Usher of the Order of the Bath, by the Duke of Norfolk, Earl Marshal. Mr. H. C. Singleton, by the Earl of Huntingdon. Mr. Richard Hotham Vigeon, Treasurer of Christ's Hospital, by the Earl of Ilchester. Mr. R. A. Gray, jun., on appointment as one of her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, by the Right Hon. Lord Foley. Mr. Henry Baskerville, Madras Civil Service, on his return from India, and change of name, by Sir John C. Hobhouse, " Bart. Mr. Thomas Hankey, jun., by the Governor of the Bank of England. Mr. Bannerman, by Viscount Melbourne. Mr. Bereton Trelawny, by Sir F. Stovin. Mr. John Gallibrand Hubbard, by the Right Hon. Sir Alex ander Johnston. Mr. Phillips, R. A., by Sir Martin Archer Shee, P. R. A. Major-General Ellice, Commanding \Vestern District, by Ge neral Lord Hill. Mr. Lynch, on being appointed a Master in Chancery, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. M'Leod, M. P., her Majesty's , Lieutenant of Cromarty, by Lord Melbourne. Mr. Ferguson, M. P., as Lieutenant of Fife, by Lord Mel bourne. Mr. Jevon Perry, by the Right Hon: the Lord Mayor. Major Frederick Johnston, Unattached, by the Adjutant-Ge neral. Lord Norreys, by the Archbishop of York. = Captain Barton, 6th Bengal Cavalry, on his return from India, by Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton. Captain Barton, Unattached, by Lieutenant-General Sir Ro ' bert Barton. Captain Lord F. Gordon, Ist Life Guards, on promotion, by , the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. Lieutenant Doniville, Royal Artillery, by the Master-General of rho Ordnance. Lieutenant G. W. Denys, on going abroad, by Major-Gene ral Sir Widiam Gomm. ,Lieutenant H. B. 0. Seville, Royal Artillery, by the Master- Gsnerai of the Ordnance. Lieutenant Edward Bettye, 23d Royal Welsh Fusileers, by Sir Henry Wheatley. Cornet John Roden, 3d Dragoon Guards, by Lieut.-General Sir S. Hawker. Cornet Robert Pollock, on his return from India, by his fa ther, Sir F. Pollock. Captain Pring, R.N., her Majesty's ship Inconstant, on re turn from Halifax, by the Earl of Minto. Captain B. Hall, R. N., by the Earl of Minto. The Marquis of Breadalbane, by Viscount Melbourne. The Marquis of Northampton. The Marquis of Carmarthen, by the Marquis of Conyngham. 'Viscount Maidstone, by the Marquis of Chandos. The Earl of Orkney, by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Sir H. Bridges, by the Earl of Erroll. Tile Archdeacon of Derby, by the Duke of Devonshire. The Dean of Chichester, by the Bishop of London. Sir A. Murray, by Lord Lynedoch. Sir Robert Bateson, Bartr, M.P., by the Marquis of Down shire. "'Archdeacon Spencer, by Lord H. J. Spencer Churchill. Lord Valletort, as Queen's Aide-de. Camp, by Lord Hill. Lord Henry Cholmondeley, by the Marquis of Cholmondeley. Lord G. Paget, by the Marquis of Conynham. Lord Clements, by the Marquis of Conyngham. Lord Emlyn, by the Earl of Ilehester. Sir G. Staunton, M.P. for Portsmouth, by Earl Amherst. Sir George Philips, by the Marquis of Lansdowne. -Sir John Mordaunt, Bart., by the Earl of Brecknock. Hon. John Eliot, M. P., by the Earl of Minto. Hon. 0. Dancornhe, Ist Lifo Guards, by the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. Hon. E. Stewart, Deputy-Chairman of Customs, by Viscount Hawarden. The Rev. R. Wardlaw, D. D , the Rev. H. Heugh, DD., the Rev .1). King, and Mr. G. Thompson, by Lord J. Russell. 'Mr. Senior. Master in Chancery, by the Lord Chancellor. 'Rev. Dr. D'Oyly, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rev. Dr. Parish, on his return from India, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. R. Dr. Maddy, Chaplain in Ordinary to her Majesty, by the Bishop of Loudon. Lieut.-Col. Lord C. Wellesley, by the Duke of Wellington. The Hon. Capt Rous, R.N., by the Marquis of Conyngnam. !kn. Philip Bouverie. The Rev. Dr. Beattie of Glasgow. by the Earl of Durham. lion. Captain Best, R.N. by Lord Kenyon. Rev. Dr. F. Nolan, by the archbishop of Canterbury. The Rey. Ralph Wardlaw, D. D., of Glasgow, by Lord John Russell. Mr. Dickinson, by the Earl of Ilehester. `Mr. Addison, by the Earl of Lichfield. 'Mr. Stocor, by the Earl of Shrewsbury. lrr. Gilbert Hentheote, by the E rl of Surrey. Mr. Lucas, by Viscount Templeton. Mr. John Alexander Haekey, by the Riseht Hon. C. Poulett Thomson, President of the Board of Trade. fr. Kirgsmill, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. r. James Morier, by Lord Palmerston. r. Frederick Calvert, by Lord William Bentinck. tt, r. Grainger, by the Marquis of Headfort. a r Staunton Kirwan, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Galway, by Viscount Morpeth. r. Dumerssue, Surgeon-Dentist to the Queen, by the Lord ' Chereberlaiti. k Ir. Harris, by the Earl of Devon. 1 _aptain Maher, by his Royal Highness the Dike of Sussex. Ir. Ellis, M. P., Q. 0. R. S. Y., by the Marquis of Doweshire.' Gptain Erskine Wernyss, R. N., oy Admiral Sir Robt. Otway.! Mr. Pak eeston, M. P.. Queen's Own Worcestershire Yeoe menry, Ity the H 0... IL H. Clive, M. P. it:esige Fretieriek Moor, Ist Royahi, by Coleeel Sir Samuel G. fliegins. Lieutenant Thomas Ilsrcourt Powell, on his appointment to the Scots Fusileer Guards, by Colonel Aitchison. Colonel Meyriek, by the Duke of Cleveland. Major Hoe. George Keppel, by the Earl of Albemarle., Lieut. O'Callaghan, R N., on return from foreign service, by Sir Charles Adam. Major Tinling, by the Lord Bishop of Both and Wells. aptain Russell, E. N., by the Duke of Cleveland. ep:ain Moorsom, on promotion, by Colonel Aitcheson. I s Captain Campbell, by L or d F o l ey. icut.- Colonel Wigrarn. , by Colonel Frem an tl e . ieut.. Colonel Hall, on promotion, by Col. Cavendish. oloeel Sir De Lacy Evans, on being appointed a Commander . of the Bath. icutenant Balfour, by Viscount Cole. nsign Browne, on 1)4; appointment to the 68th Regiment by his father, Lieut.-Colonel Gore Browne. Mr. Kinlock, by Sir G. Anson, G. C. B. Lieut. Kinlock, by the Adjutant-General. Captain Campbell, 7th Queen's Own Hussars, by the Marquis of Conyngham. Lieutenant Lucas, by Mr. Hawkes, M. P. Lieutenant Watt, by Lieutenant-General Sir S. Hawker. Lit utenant Roberts, Royal Engineers, by Sir F. Mulcaster. Lieutenant Augustus H. S. Young, 45th Regiment, by Lieut. General Sir William Pringle, on return from India. Commissary-General Adams, by General Sir William Hons li:oon, on promotion. ptain Henry Hume Spence, R. N., by Vice-Admiral Lord Mark Kerr. Captain Sir Spence Vassall, R. N., on receiving the houour of knighthood, by Lord Holland. Mr. Spier', M. P. for Richmond, by she Duke of Hamilton. Dr. Andrew Baird, late Naval and Medical Inspector, by Rear-Admiral Sir W. Parker. Captain J. E. Alexander, K. L. S., on returning from an African expedition of discovery, by Lieut.-General Sir Rufane Donkin, G. C. H. Capt. Charles Robinson, Royal Marines, by Col. Wingrove, Lieut.-Colonel R. Y. Butler, Aide de-Camp to his Excel lency Major-General Sir Murray MacGregor, Governor- General of the Windward Islands. The Rev. J. Delafield, by the Earl of Limerick. Mr. Penry Williams, one of her Majesty's Deputy Lieute nants for the county of Brecon, by Col. 'Wood. Lieut. -Colonel Studd, by Lord Hill. Lieut.-Colonel Daly, by Lord Hill. Colonel Aitchinson, by Lord Hill. Colonel Pasley, by Lieut.-General Sir Hussey Vivian. Colonel Egerton, by Lord Hill. Lieut.-Colonel PauLPhipps, K. H., by Sir Hussey Vivian. Lieut.-Colonel Paske, by Sir John Hobhouse. Mr. Silverton, by the Duke of Cleveland. Mr. Michael Jones, by the Earl of Shrewsbury. Mr. Chichester, M. P., and Mr. Wilbraham, by Lord Ebrington. Rear- Admiral Rowley, on promotion; Captains G. Martin. on return from foreign service ; E. Lloyd ; Commanders H. B. Young and G. Daniell, by Admiral Sir J. Rowley, Mr. Geary and Mr. Hussey, by the Earl of Brecknack. Mr. Thornton and Mr. Richmond, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Sir John Tyndale and Capt. Sir J. Marshall, by the Marquis of Lansdowne. Captains P. Cameron and J. James, by Lord Glenelg. Messrs. Hodges, M. P. ; G. Thompson, of Edinburgh ; and Rev. D. King, of Glasgow, by Lord J. Russell. Mr. G. P. Bushe, Rev. J. French, of Edinburgh, and Rev. . 1 . Harper, of Leith, by the Earl of Durham. Mr. Egerton, and Mr. T. Egerton, by Lord Stanley. Major Sir W. Tonkin, by Lord Ebrington. Mr. Williams, by Viscount Melbourne. Captain liawkshavr, by ,Sir F. Mulcastcr. Ensign Wessman \Vvnniatt, on his appointment to the 63d Regiment, by the hon. Major-General Lygon, M. P. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS .314Ars 16. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Woolsack al five o'clock. Lord LORTON presented a petition from a place, which was not heard in the gallery, on the subject of loans for the building of glebe-houses. The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented a petition from Newcastle-under-Line, praying for the complete abolition of negro apprenticeship. Also a petition from the Potteries Mechanics' Institution in Derbyshire, in favour of national education. Lord FALKLAND presented a petition from Derby for the immediate emancipation of the slaves. Mr. Crafer attended from the Treasury to present papers. Mr. Lackington attended from the Court of Bankruptcy to present papers. . The Marquis of BUTE presented a petition from the Synod of Argyle, praying for the better security in the administration of the Catholic oaths. Upon the motion of Earl SHAFTESBURY, the Sodor and Man Bill was reported, with amendments. Lord MINTO laid on the table certain slave returns. Sir JOHN Y. BULLER and others brought up the Exeter Market Bill.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF cpmmoNs, mA.c. 16. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Mr. BARNARD presented a petition from Ashby-de.la- Zouch against the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Small Debts Bill. GLASGOW WATERWORKS BILL. Lord W. BENTINCK moved the second reading of the Glasgow Waterworks Bill. Mr. CHALMERS felt it his duty to oppose this Bill again. It had been before the house on former oscasions, and he had opposed it then.—(Hear.) It was for the pur pose of joining two Water Companies now existing in Glasgow, and to unite them into one. The Glasgow Town Council were very anxious to purchase the works of the Com panies, and to supply the citizens with water upon an assess ment, and at first cost. They had offered the full value of the works, but the Companies wanted:to form a monopoly. The object of the Bill was to establish a great monopoly with with which the citizens of Glasgow would not be able to eon- tend. On these grounds, therefore, he should move that the Bill be postponed until this day fortnight. Mr. HUME seconded the amendment. He believed the whole of the inhabitants were against the Bill, which was a Bill for the purpose of uniting two Companies; and he there fore trusted the House would agree to tho moderate proposition cf his Hon. Friend. Lord WILLIAM BENTINCK said that if he thought the Bill would have the effect of establishing a monopoly, he would be as adverse to it as any gentleman in the House. But his opinion was, that it would have no such effect. The negotiation between the Corporation and the Companies would be concluded before the Bill would come into Committee, and if not, the Committee would be post poned. He hoped the- Bill would be read a second time, that the parties who are now in town might not be put to un necessary expense by the delay. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the adjournment. There was a negotiation pending between the Town Council and the Companies which might be amicably settled within that time. The Bill for consolidating the two Com panies would create a monopoly in every sense of the word, whereas the object of the Town Council was to purchase out both the Companies at a fair price, and to supply the inha bitants with water at first cost. Mr. LOCK HART denied that the Bill would create a monopoly, and opposed the adjournmentof the second reading. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The gallery was cleared for a division, but none took place, and on re- en tering the gallery we found Sir E. KNATCHBLTLL (as we understood) supporting the postponement of the Bill. Mr. DUNLOP thought no benefit would result from the adjournment of the Bill, which had been before the House for two Sessions before the present, and there was no proba bility of a settlement being come to. The House then divided, when the numbers were— For the Amendment 34 For,the Second Reading Majority against the Amendment-77 The Bill was then read a second time. BIRMINGHAM EQUITABLE GAS COMPANY. Mr. SCHOLEFIELD presented a petition from Biel - ling. ham in favour of the Equitable Gas Bill. Mr. D NCONI B E presented a petition against the Bill. Mr. SCHOLE FIELD moved the second reading of the Equitable Gas Bill. Mr. PACKINGTON opposed the second reading of the Bill. The measure had been introduced during the course of the last year, and had occupied the attention of the Committee for a period of not less than tsventy-one days. On the former occasion, the Committee decided that the pre amble had not been proved, and that the petitioners bad not made out their case. The existing Companies realised their prices since that time. and the real intention of the Company who petitioned for the present Bill was to undersell the existing _Companies at whatever price they sold.—( Hear. ) He did not suppose the House would disregard these facts be cause they came from what they might be called, interested parties. A petition had been presented from the owners and occupiers of houses in Birmingham, stating that the supply of gas was amply sufficient for all the purposes of the town, and quite satisfactory in point of quality and quantity, and praying that the Bill might not pass into a law. The peti tnm, which had been presented by the Honourable Member for Finsbury, proceeded from a large number of persons who had been themselves Shareholders in the very Company, and they were now quite satisfied that the Company could net go on properly with any prospect of a fair re numerating price. Not only had they petitioned against the Bill, but they bad actually signed a deed of dissolution of the Company, and a question might arise in the Court of Chancery if it was ever, in existence. He submitted that the second reading of the Bill ought not to pass ; and he ap pealed to the reason and justice of Hon. Members, that they would not allow the capital already invested to be placed in jeoperdy by a new competition, which could not benefit the town and must end in establishing a monopoly, by the overthroW of the existing companies. An lion. MEMBEI: expressed surprise lhat the Bill should be brought again before the House, after the inquiry that had taken place last year, and which occupied a Committee twenty-one days. It was cleariy shown before that Commit tee, that the town was supplied with gas at a cheap rate, and that the prices were sufficiently kept down by the coinpe tition of the two Companies. Mr. SCIIOLF,FIELD said he had been anxious to hear what objections could be offered to the Bill, before he male any statement. There were two powerful Gas Companies in B rrningbarn, who were exceedingly reluctant to compel each other to redece. prices. Honourable Meml-ers said that prices were as low as could be afforded, but he was prepared to show, if he was allowed to go into a Committee, that the prices could be reduced considerably lower. As to the petition which had been referred to by the Hon. Member, it was signed by a few dissentient proprietors—three out of 412—the holders cf 25 out of 600 shares —(Hear.) He (Mr. Sch,lefield) had been called upon by a public meet ;ug of upwards of 4.000 persons (as we u: derstood) to use his parliamentary influence for the support of the Bill. Mr. M. PHILIPS said, when the Bill had been intro duced last session into the House he thought no case had been made out, by those who brought it forward, of a mo nopoly ; and there was, in his opinion, less ground to think that such a case had been made out. Last session the Bill had been brought forward—not by the Hun. ,Members for the town, but by other parties; which induced him to think that it was not sincerely desired by the inha lo'tants. And though the case was now in this respect different, he could not believe that the town of Birmingham was suffering from monopoly, when it was proved that two large Companies were now supplying the town with gas at a price which was about the same as that at which other large towns were supplied—( Hear, hear, hear)—and that the Companies were not deriving more than an ordin ary fair profit.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.) Therefore as no monopoly was made out, he could not sanction the introduc tion of this measure, and be thought the House would pause in doing so, when they considered what ill consequences might follow if such a large town were to be deprived of the gas. He took the question up on public grounds. He thought the decision of the Committee of last Session should have some weight with the House. On these grounds he should oppose the Bill.—( Cries of " Divide.") The SPEAKER inquired if the Hon. Member for Bir. miegham meant to divide. Mr. SCHOL E FIELD remained for some time on his legs, apparently undecided how he should act, but ultimately inti mated that he should riot press the question to a division. The amendment was then put and agreed to. The Bill is consequently lost. Mr. HUMPHREYS presented a petition from the High Bailiff and inhabitants of the borough of Southwark, praying that Daniel Whittle Harvey, Esq,, be placed upon the Pension List Committee. Mr. Route and Mr. HCME presented petitions from Cork and Kilkenny, against certain clauses of the Irish Poor Law Bill. AMERICAN BOUNDARIES. Lord PALMERSTON regretted that he did not see the Right Honourable Baronet, the Member for Tam worth, in his place. It appeared that he (Lord Palmerston) was not the only one who was necessitated sometimes to be absent at the answering time.—(A laugh.) In answer to the question put by the Right Hon. Baronet—he had to say, an d he trusted some of the Hon. Gentlemen opposite would conrev the answer to him that the boundary (American) papers were in the hands of the printers, and he trusted that they would be ready for delivery to Hon. Members in the course of next week. PERSIA. _ ---• Mr. MILES b egge d to ask — the Noble Lord a question with regard to the state of our relations with Persia. It was rumoured, in fact it had been stated broadly, that we were now in open enmity with that State, and that in fact we had no resident at the Court of Persia. Ho believed the rumours arose from the fact of the Shah of Persia having commenced hostilities against Herat, contrary to the advice of the Government of this country. It was important that the question should be answered, in order to allay the feeling which existed on the subject in the minds of those con nected with that country. Lord PALMERSTON trusted that the rumours were premature, and, in fact, they were unfounded. He would not say unfounded, as the circumstances which he would detail to the House gave some colour to the Report. Some time ago an expedition was mad.: to a ' lac( to the east ward of Persia, to which P ers i a l ays certain claims, on which he expresses no opinion.—(Hear, hear.) Th e E ng li s h of. ficers in the Persian service did not accompany the Shah on that occasion except one, who did not act in any military ecpacity. When the Shah was near the frontier of Herat, a messenger, belonging to the English mis sion in Pe r si a , was d espatc h e d' by Mr. Macneil with letters, and was returning to Teheran, when he was stopped by persons forming part of the military expedi tion. He was treated with great violence, carried to the Shah's camp, deprived of letters of which be was the bearer, treated not only with indignity, but with groat cruelty, and in spite of the remonstrances made by Col. Stoddart, that person was detained, and was after considorable suffering allowed to re.ume, his journey to Teheran. For that violation of nivional right Mr. Macniel felt it is duty immediately to demand ample and full satisfaction and reparation, and he had informed her Majesty's Government, that if that repa ration should be denied, he should feel it to be his duty to break off his diplomatic relation in Persia, and, according to the circumstances of the case, to remain un officially there, or retire altogether from the Persian into the Turkish territory. He ( Lord P.) had received two days ago despatches from Mr. M'Niel, in which he said he had not at that time received any answer to the demand that he had made for reparation. He hoped the Shah, on consideration, would be sensible of the gross tyranny of the proceeding that took place with regard to the messenger, and that the satisfaction demanded would not be refused ; but if it was refused, it would not be consistent with the honour of the country, that the steps proposed to be taken by Mr. M‘Niel were not allowed. OCCUPATION OF CRACOW. Sir S. CANNING then rose to put a question to the Noble Lord, the Secretary for Foreign Affrirs, relative to the occupation of Cracow, but from the very low tone in which the Honourable Member spoke we were unable to hear the first few sentences. The only object which he had in putting the question was:to ascertain whether the Noble Lord (Palmerston) had had any correspondence on the snbject, and if so, whether there was any objection to its production ? Lord PALMERSTON said that he bad had com munications with Austria en the subject to which the Right Honourable Baronet had referred ; and it bad been more than once decl a r e d on the part of the Aus. trian Government, that the occupation of Cracow, was in. tended to be only temporary, and would cease as soon as the militia, as we understood, was properly organized. CARLOW COUNTY - COMMITTEE. Mr. WILBRAHANI said he had received a letter from Lord Robert Grosvenor on the subject of that Noble Lord's illness, which had given rise to some conversation, and the examination of a witness at the bar or the House last night. The Noble Lord expressed regret that any professional de licacy should have induced the witness to consider secrecy ne cessary as to the nature of his complaiut.-4 Hear.) He (Lord R. Grosvenor) was suffering from an internal attack, which for the present entirely disabled him from attending to Parliamentary duty, and which, if neglected might be attended with dangerous consequences.—(Hear. ) EXECUTION OF ROCHE AND WILLIAMS AT DAY, MARCH 17, [B3B. willing to listen to a dry legal argument. It was well known that there were different Acts for England, Scot land and Ireland, and the Noble Lord had non found out that since 1833 both sides of the I-11.15 , , had been under a mistake, that the resolution was authorized by the terms of the Irish Reform Act. The Noble Lord could not be serious in stating teat his object was to continue the resolution as regarded Scotland, if he meant, to do away with it as regarded lrelancl.—( Hear, hear.) The English Act provided that the Committees of that House had the power to open the registries. That was done because a new system cf registry had then been introduced into Eng lar.d. The Scotch Act proceeded upon totally different grounds, because it assumed that the power was already with the House to open the registries.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The Act assumed that the Committees of the House had the power of revising the Registry, and expressly stated that nothing contained in the Act should be taker, to limit or restrict the power of the Committee. The Irish Act differed in terms, although not in eff -et, from the Scotch and English Acts on this subject.—(Hear, hear.) Bet .no Act of Perliament, either on the subject of the registration, or of tile rights and -qualification of electors, welled, anything to interfere with the power of the Hemee, over the registration. The Reform Act reunited the provisions of the Act 10 Geo. IV. with regard to the certificate of registry. It was very important that this should be clearly understood, that if a man was once put upon the register in Ireland, there he remained fur years, unless struck off by a Committee of this House. Was it then to be esta blished 35 a principle, that if a man was struck off the register under the provisions of the Grenville Act, he might be placed upon it in three months after on the very same qualification ? There was this additional circumstance to be considered, that the Assistant-Barrister in Ireland had the right of placing whom he pleased on the register. He would propose to the Noble Lord to adjourn this debate to a distant day, and let it be understood that in the mean time the former resolution might remain in abeyance. If, however, the Noble Lord persisted in his motion, he should feel it his duty to vote against it. He would remark that the opinion now enter tained by the Noble Lord on this question appeared to be dif ferent from that which he expressed in 1835. He should con clude by moving, as an amendment, that the debate be ad journed till this day two months. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said, with regard to the adjournment proposed by the Right Hon. Gentleman, he begged to observe that it did not admit of a doubt that the resolution of 1835 was binding on the House, and was binding also upon the Right Hon. Gentleman in the Chair; how then was he, as Speaker of the House, to know what to do during the two Months whilst, according to the Right Ho nourable Gentleman opposite, the question was to be in abeyance ? But suppose, on the other hand, the Select Committee having reported to the House that certain persona ought or ought not to be on the register, that the Speaker, as he was bound to de, sent his warrant to the re turning officer to strike names off from, or add names to, the register—he would say that his warrant would be mere waste paper. It was beyond the power of the House to authorize the Speaker to issue such a warrant, and doing so was in fact an attempt of the House, by a mere resolution to set aside the provision of an act of Parliament passed by the three estates of the land. By the Irish Act of Parliament a voter, after he had been registered, obtained his certificate, and the posses sion of that certificate was prima facie evidence of his right to vote. But if, notwithstanding his possession of the certificate, he, by the issue of the Speaker's warrant, was not allowed to vote, he was disfranchised; thus, by the resolution of the House, they sought to deprive the voter of the privilege con ferred on him by the Legislature. Unless the House had the power conferred on it by Act of Parliament no such power existed. The Right Honourable Gentleman said cor rectly that the Grenville Act gave the power with respect to Scotland and England ; and if the Irish Union Act ex tended it to Ireland, his arguments were well-founded ; but he ( Sir J. Campbell) contended that it did not. The reso _ SLAVE COMPENSATION. lution gave no opinion as to the question at issue; and though Lord STANLEY begged to call the attention of the Right the opinions given by the Right Hon. Gentleman, when he: Hon. Gentleman ( Sir G. Grey) to the subject of a petition had heard both sides—( Hear, hear)—would be entitled to which he ( Lord Staaley) had received from Cumana, and great weight, this was not a ease similar to those which he which was also signed by 120 inhabitants of Jamaica. determined when for a time he was Lord Chancellor of Ire The petition as from British born subjects, who, in wires- land, for they were argued before they were determined,—. queece of the hurricane that had taken place in Jamaica, had ( Cheers.) It would have been well if the Right Hon. Gen-, sustained very great losses, and upon that ground they came tieman had borne in mind that he might, in a judicial caps before Parliament an d h er M a j esty i n Council for relief, city, be called on to de term i ne this very question, his opinion! The Noble Lord concluded by saying that he would put him- upon which he had expressed so decidedly. He agreed with self in order, by moving that an Address be agreed upon to her the Right Hon. Gentleman, that the House had authority, Majesty for a copy of the Address presented to the Crown where not declared by Act of Parliament, to determine any by the inhabitants of Cumana, praying for compensation. matter connected with the election of Members of Parlia- Sir GEORGE GREY said that the statement of the merit: that right was supreme; but the House had ro right Noble Lord was substantially, if not perfectly correct. to disfranchise any elector in fiquro. Such a right nevcr was The case had been brought under the notice of the thought of till 1833 ; and that resolution was founded entirely Noble Lord when he was at the head of the Colonial on the Reform Bill. The English Reform Bill gave the department, by a memorial which had been presented to Lord power to correct the Registry; that power was given Mulgraye. the Governor of Jamaica, and had been transmit- by the House of Commons, to be carried into effect by ted to the Government. Lord Aberdeen, when he earns the Speaker's warrant. The Scotch Act was not so into office, referr e d the question to the Law Officers of clear, but still his opinion was that it gave the power, the Crown, who gave it as their unqualified opinion, that because it said the Register might be corrected. But the under the circumstances, all the slaves in the island were Irish Reform Bill was entirely silent on the subject. It had unconditionally free, and his Lordship directed Lord Sligo, been said that any one who was disfranchised might go and who was then Governor of Jamaica, to act on that opinion. get himself registered de novo, hut for six months after he was The conduct both of the freed slaves, and the white population, disfranchise,' he had no right to vote. If there was no power, was deserving of all approbation, though there was no apprer.- by Act of Parliament to remove names from the register, ticeship established. The Hon. Bar , net proceeded to mention there was none in common law. But let them contemplate the case of nn island under similar circumstances. which this mischief that would arise if this resolution were delayed. it was proposed should send one Representative to the Jamaica Thu Speaker's warrant had been already treated as waste Assembly, and b e in c orp ora t e d w i t h t h at i s l an d ; b ut the paper i n the case of Cork. The assistant barrister, a gentle- Janiaica Assembly had objected to this, and it was not carried man of great eminence at the Irish Bar, said it was beyond: into effect; nor had the smaller island lost much by this.— the power of the House to issue such a warrant, and Ina! Hear, hear.) In conclusion the Hon. Baronet said he had treated it with utter contempt, settling the register as if no objection to the production of the papers. had not existed. BISHOP OF QUEBEC_ Mr. O'CO NNE L Is—He restored names. Sir R. Re PEEL said, that it was probably in the recollection The A TTORNE Y.G ENE Et AL continued—Yes, names of the House that he had presented a petition the other day had been struck out under the authority of the Speaker's from Lower Canada, with respect to the Bishop of Quebec, warrant, and he restored them. Now, what had the House which he had withdrawn on a suggestion that it was not done to vindicate its power? The assistant barrister bad in conformity with the rules of the House. He did not wish triumphed over them, and why ? Because he was supported, to provoke a discussion on the subject, but he believed that by the law. The House was not confirmed by the common, her Majesty's Government had intimated their intention of in- law; it was by the English Reform Bill ; he believed it creasing the salary of the Bishop.--( Hear.) There I O,IS by the Scotch Reform Bill ; but clearly it was not by were two grounds of objection to the reception of this the Irish Reform Bill. The would they allow a resolution it was not a petition, to re ma i n on t h e i r b oo k s th a t extended th'e power to Irel a nd, petition. In the first pla c e, but was styled a memorial; but as this had probably occurred though the law did not? through ignorance of the forms of the house, and as the Mr. O'CONNEL L considered this a very necessary inter prayer of the petition was couched in the most respectful Terence on time part of the Right Hon. Gentleman, when be terms, he apprehended that the House would not refuse to re- bore in mind that the Election Committees were now sitting. ceive it on te a t groun d. The on l y quest i on t h e n was, whether (Hear, hear.) He begged to ask, was there the slightest as this petition prayed for a grant of money, the House could re- pretext assigned for at all touching the -question of the open ceive it, but as he had before stated, the Government had declared ing of the register? He had drawn it in head and shoulders— their intention of augmenting the salary of the Bishop he ap- he would not say for any improper purpose—but it so acci prehended there would be no objection in point of form to its dently happened that the declaration of his opinion might in reception. fluence the judgment of persons who were sworn to try im- The CHANCELLOR o f t h e E X CHEQUER entered partially. In the case of the Cork election 700 freemen re into an explanation across the tabl e , w hi c h was not heard in siding more than s e ven miles from the city claimed before the the gallery. We understood, eventually, that the petition was assistant-bar r i s t er , by w h om th e i r c l a i m was rejected. Th e y withdrawn. appealed to the judge of assize, Baron Pennefather, who said Mr. PACKINGTON was about to address the House they were entitled to he registered. It was alleged that there upon the subject, but was interupted by cries of " Order , " was no atiblavit, and he formed one, and gave them a certifi " Withdrawn." elate. They turned the election, and the two gentlemen who The SPEAKER said the petiti on h av i ng been withdrawn, were defeated, Dr. Baldwin and Mr. Callaghan, petitioned any Hon Member was out of order in addressing the House the H ouse Th e C omm i ttee d eterm i ne d t h at t h ere was no upon it. valid affidavit and no valid certificate, and they directed the Mr. PA CKINGTON wo u ld g i ve a no ti c e on the sub- votes to be struck off. Tile consequence was that the leet He begged to ex p ress hi s sat i s f act i on —( Cries order of th e Sp ea k er w a s taken to th e c l er k o f th e p eace of . " No—no notice.") H e would confine himself then to of the county of Cork, and he struck off the votes. Mr. giving a notice. When th e C o l on i a l E st i ma t es were before Markley, a King's Barrister, the brother-in-law of the Attor the House he would take that opportunity of bringing the me- ney-General, Mr. Blackburne, deliberately directed the clerk morial under th e not i ce of Hon. Members. o f t h e peace to restore the names ; they were restored and PUBLIC WALKS. they voted at the last election to the number of 263. Mr. Mr. SL A NEY said that upon a former occasion the Callaghan thus appealed to the House, and from the House Select Committee upon Public Walks h a d re p or t e d strongly tO Mr. Markley. WAS not he guilty of a breach of privilege, in favour of the promenade at Somerset House being thrown and ought he not to have been reprimanded ?--( A laugh.) open under, certain restrictions. In consequence o f that re- But he was not—he escaped with perfect impunity. In Ire port the Nhle Lord, then at th e b ea d of th e Woods and iind there was no r o ll o f reg i s try a t all. There a man was en- Forests, stated that the recommendations wou ld becarried into titled to vote on his certifi ca t e o r affidavit ; no roll was aPe effect. Upon enquiry he found th a t th e s p a ' c e in front of peeled to. If a man had no t hi s c ertificate he resorted to an Somerset House had not been o p en ; h e b egge d, t h ere fore, affidavit, and that was considered satisfactory. Now, suppose to ask wheth er h e had been rightly informed, or whether the they ordered the clerk of the peace to strike a name off the recommendation had been, o r was t o b e , carr i e d into effect ? register, that did not affect the c er tificate, and the voter might Mr. C. WOOD believed that the recommendation had been go to the sheriff and say, " Here is the Act which declares the carried into effect, and he was aware of no o bjection to the ad- certificate shall be conclusive, notwithstanding the order of the mission of the public under certain restrictions, e xcept that House." If the certificate of the party were lost, he acted on some repairs were then in operation. his affidavit which continued in force for eight) ears. In Ire- Lord INGE STRIE begged to ask the Noble Secretary land there was ;no necessity of opposing a claim to vote; a for Foreign Affairs, whether the order in Council was atill in man could not be registered in that country till he had force which directed Captains of British cruisers to intercept proved hi s case in every respect, and obtained a judicial deci. all stores which were being carried to Don Carlos. awn in his favour. The investigation was a rigid one ;he was Lord PALMERSTON.—Yes it is. obliged to produce his title deeds, to show that the stamp was a AMENDED REGISTER. proper one—a sworn magistrate, an assistant-barrister, a gen- Lord JOHN RUSSELL begged to call the attention of tleman of talent and experience, decided on it. No case in the House to a resolution which was passed after the Reform Ireland went by mere default. The assistant-barrister de- Bill had becom e th e law, with respect to striking names from tided, and having decided drew up his judgment, which the register by Committees of the House. It was an erroneous could not be impugned in point of form hereafter, for the resolution, and in 1835 he had proposed to amend it. Since words of the Act were express as to that. Many a register that period the working of it had clearly shown that was opened fiv e years after it was closed, and if when it was that amendment was no w absolutely require d._-_( Hear.) said to a man, " You did not pay your taxes," how was he He conceived that the resolution bad been passed entirely to prove that he did ? No one could ; and yet if he did not upon the Reform Act : he did not believe that prior to show that he had p aid them he wa s disfranchised. All , there that Act it would be p roper to d eclare persons who fore, that the opposing party had to do was to bring the as had been been found by a Committee incompetent to vote, sesement books and prove that the tax was made, and then wasCommitteeou chmattersmighttreathadrespectgiven,and th any proviwon of the kind. H e t h ought that the law remained been trea t e d. I t was a mere a b use of terms to talk of the with respect to the Irish Register in th e same state as it was reg i s ter in Ireland. In England th ere did ex i st a list of before the Reform Act passed.—(Cheers.) H e thought vo ters ; here there was neither cer tifi cate nor aff i davit, but H ouse there was a roll , and all the voter bad to do was t o swear to to correct the register. He believed that i t h a d b een always was matter, e tt w er aT in which a favouring way in which vi his identity with the person whose name w as enrolled. They held that the House bad not the pow er to a l ter the cou ld not touch the affidavit ; they cou ld not touch the certi register, but the error haring been discovered, b et h ought that that it would not be proper on the p art o f the - fi ca t e ; and if they could not do this, it was idle for them to it would only be proper that the resolution should be corrected. issue their orders. He should, therefore, without saying anything more on the Bier. WYNN wished to know if the Noble Lord would subject, move the resolution of the 23d June, 1533. have any objection to postpone his resolutions until the present Sir E. iUGDEN very much deprecated discussion on this election petitions were disposed of, with a view to an iAct of subject, because it had a tendency to operate on the minds of Parliament being hereafter passed? gentlemen who were now sitting on Election Committees, Lord JOHN RUSSELL saw very great objection to the or who might hereafter sit on _Election Committees, postponement of his motion for two months, as proposed where the question arose as to the right of the Corn- by the Right Hon. and Learned Member for Ripon. Under mittee to open the registry.—( Hear, hear.) He had such circumstances the Speaker would feel very great he particularly avoided, up to the time of the resolution of the sitation in acting on the resolution, while there was a mo- Noble Lord which required him to consider it, lookin g i nto tion before the House for its suspension, an d a d e b ate h a d the question as to the right of a Committee to open the re- taken place. Another course proposed was, that the reso gistry, and he did it for this plain and simple reason, because ho lution should be suspended for two months, and not acted knew he should be constantly asked by his friends, what his upon. If lie could think that his resolution would have opinion on it was, and he did not choose that his opinion should any effect on the proceedings of these Committees, he would have any weight; but the Noble Lord had forced it on him.-- be most willing to embrace the course proposed, because (Cries or " No, no," from the Ministerial, met by loud he did not wish that it should have any such effect. cries of " Hear, hear" from the Opposition benches.) He must But then there was another difficulty. The resolution be allowed to judge for himself on that point. Hie opinion affected Ehgland and' Scotland as well was Ireland. With was, that to come to a right conclusion on this subject, they l regard to Scotland, at least, th ere was muc h d ou b t. Hi s were forced to the question, whether a Co mm i ttee could ! Honourable and Learned Friend the Attornev-General was open the Registry or not, and he was of opinion that of opinion that the House had the power of correcting the a Committee could open the Rewistry.---(Hear, h ear, h ear.) reg ister of Scotland. With respect to England there was The House was so constituted ' that it was always un- no doubt whatever. If, then, the resolution were sus- pcnded, and in the meantime a Report of any Election Corn. mitten were presented, recommending an altera.tion of the re gister in any place in England and Wales where the election was declared void, then the Speaker would be unable to take any step to correct that defcctiv. register. Thus very serious evils might ensue. If this difficulty could be obviated, he would at once assent to the proposition Of the Right Hon. Gentleman. After a few words from Mr. WYNN, the ATTORNEY-GENE RAL, and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the amendment and resolution were then withdrawn. HERTFORD. Mr. PEA SE begged to ask the Noble Lord (Lord J. Russell) whether he had received a memorial, most numer ously,and respectably signed, for a mitigation cf the sentence passed upon two men for murder at the late Hertford Assizes? And whether the statement was correct that the jury in find ing this verdict, modified it, by saying they did not think the prisoners intended to commit murder? Lord JOHN RUSSELL assured the Hon. Member that the information which he had received respecting the alleged statement of the Jury, was totally incorrect. He ( Lord John Russell) had received a memorial on the subject, in consequence of which he had an interview at the Home Office with the Judge who presided, and who assured him that he perfectly agreed with the verdict ; and, after fully considering the circumstances, he (Lord J. R.) felt it his duty not to recommend the convicts to her Majesty for mercy. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE. Mr. SHAW inquired of the Noble Lord opposite what business might be expected on Monday ? Lord JOI-IN RUSSELL intend;d to proceed with the Irish Poor-law Bill on Monday. On Friday the Hon. and Learned Member for Liskeard proposed to bring forward the Controverted Ejections Bill. IRISH POOR-LAW BILL. The Housf• then wn iuto Committ:ie on this Bill, 7',Fr DIMNAL ill thr, Cita— s43 to 66 ~ ,. ..;uAivo ricrp , floTc . od trio • , Upon clause 67 4, g proposed ; - 11r. O'CONNELL had no doubt that the opivatiort of eiatic would make the Bill very unpopular in Ireland. The question t' be determined was whether tho• charge was, in the first instance, to be male on the occupiers. He bad no objec tion to property being taxed, if the poor were to be supported by a legal provision ; but by this clause the poverty and not the property of the country were to be taxed. What he meant to propose w.,s, th a in every cash where r:int was paid for land, the tax should be laid on the rent. He should move that the clause be postponed. After a short conversation, in which several Members took part, Mr.WOULFE objected to the postponement of the clause. Mr. LYNCH opp.,sed the postponement of the clause. Sir C. STYLE said that the burden ought to fall altoge ther on the landlord, and not on the occupier. After a few words from Mr. P. Scrope, Mr. D. Roche, Sir R. Ferguson, Mr. Barron, and Mr. V. Stuart, Lord MOR PETH said her Majesty's Government could not consent to postpone the clause. Mr. O'CJNNELL should persist in his amendment. The Committee then divided, when the numbers were— For the amendment Against it Majority against the amendment —4B The clause was then agreed to; also the 68th. On the 69th clause, which provides for the proportion of the rate which is to be deducted from the rent, Mr. JEPHSON observed that this clause w oull be found to operate in a manner contrary to the intention of the framers of the measure. Take, for instance, the case of a man who paid 1,000/. a year, including 2001. a year for tithe. In that case the rateable value was 8001., which, at Is. in the pound, would give a rate of 401. Now, supposing that to be the full value of the land, it ought to bo divided thus :—the land lord to pay 201., and the tenant to pay 201. more. But the landlord would have to pay for the whole 1,0001., ti:e tithe of 2001. being included in it, which would make his share of the rate amount to 25/., and reduce that of the tenant to 151. Mr. WM:AXE observed that the case put by the Hon. Member for Mallow was an extreme one, it not happening in ninety-nine cases out of every hundred that so large an amount of tithe :is 200/. on a rental of 8001. was paid ; and in proportion as the tithe was diminished the rate would be equalised between the landlord and tenant. After a few words from Captain JONES and Lord MORPETII, it was understood that the point was to stand over for further consideration. Mr. W. O'BRIEN then moved an amendment to reduce the amount payable by the occupiers on account of the Poor rate from one-half to one third. After some discussion the Committee divided— For the amendment 3l Against it 46 Majority Clause 69, as amended, was then agreed to. The House then resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter past twelve o'clock till Monday next. PRIVATE BUSINESS OF PARLIA MENT.-(YE STERDA Y.) COMMITTEE ON BILL (SURREY LIST.) LONDON AND CROYDON RAILWAY (No. 1.) Captain ALsAnuit it► the Chair, Mr. PoLLocx stated that the Committee would be glad to know that many points of difference between the parties to the 1311 af.d its opponents were arranged. The Rail:oad Com pany had agreed to give up the right of interferin ' , , with cer tain property on t h e south side of the G reenw i c h Railway; but there were other points still rumsining in dispute. Mr. Serjeant ANDRSWS, in opposition, addressor' the Corn inittee at considerable length,—contending that the present application to Parliament was altogether unnecessary, and moreover inconvenient in the greatest degree to the public, whose comfort or accommodatim, never seemed to be thought of when the project of a railroad had once got into the heads of its advocates and shareholders. Moreover, to carry into effect the objects of this Bill would be to inflict disease upon the inhabitants of that part of Southwark sought to bo stopped up and altered ; inasmuch as it was the intention of the Com pany to carry arched ways over some streets, which would render a free circulation of air impossible. In a circular, ad dressed by the Company to the subscribers and the public, the Directors distinctly declared that they had already sufficient property for all the purposes of the railroad,—and now they not only sought to take more property, stopping up highways, &c., but also to interfere with the authority of the Commis sioners of Sewers. The CHAIRMAN remarked that the Commissioners of Sewers were a body of men who were quite able and ready to take care of their own interests. Mr. Higgs, Solicitor, appeared to oppose the Bill on behalf of Mr. Scott. He said that his client possessed considerable property, which would be greatly injured by the proposed al terations to be effected by the railway, by the enlargement of the station. Mr. Hicks then called Mr. Newman, Surveyor of a considerable property in the Borough, who said that the proposed alterations would greatly depreciate that and other property, especially certain houses which witness pointed out on the ground plan, which had been put in ; there is no ne cessity for the proposed station at present, and witness be lieves there will not be any necessity for it for several years to come ; certainly not before the completion of the South Eastern, or Dover, and the Brighton lines are finished, which various things may occur to prevent. Nuisances enough have been created already by the works of the railway: this is especially the case in Dean-street, where scenes of disgust ing nuisance take place, under the ar c h es o f t h e railway, to the great annoyance of respectable families residing in that street. Mr. Sergeant ANDRF,WS again addressed the Committee against the Bill, but, after he had gone into considerable de tail, the Chairmain interrupted him. saving that the point was whether or not the preamble of the Bill was proved. The room was then cleared, after which the Chairman an nounced that the tremble was proved. A lenrythened discussion then arose between the Committee and the Counsel and Agents as to the propriety of adjourning over to next Friday, to allow parties opposing the Bill time to prepare any clauses they might wish to introduce by way of amendment. Ultimately it was decided that the Committee should meet again on Thursday next at twelve o'clock. Adjourned accordingly. COMMITTEE ON BILLS (CORNWALL LIST). Mr. PENDARVES in'thc Chair. Haleworthy Roads Bill. —This Committee was not pro ceeded in to-day. but adjourned till Monday at one o'elock. COMMITTEE ON BILLS (MIDDLESEX LIST). Mr. PIIILPOTTS I[l the Chair. Necropolis Cemetery.—By adjournment from Monday last. A petition was presented against the Bill from the Trustees of the parish of Hampstead; but the Committee decided that it could not be received, as it was signed by only'two trustees out of seven. A similar petition was presented from the parish of St. Pancras. Mr. JOT then addressed the Committee in support of the Bill, contending that the present places of sepulture were crowded and loathsome, and that. the Bill was therefore highly necessary. A lengthened discussion then took place respecting the right of Mr. Murphy, one of the persona who had signed the peti tion for St. Pancras, to cross-examine the Surveyor of the Necropolis, who had stated ;,n his examination in chief his opinion as to its fitness, &c. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and on our re-admis sion, after an interval of three-quarters of an hour, The CHAIRMAN announced they had decided that Mr. Murphy should cross-examine the witnesses in favour of the Bill. Mr. Murphy proceeded to cross-examine the Surveyor, from wh om h e e li c it e d that the present burial plac es i n th e pa rish of St. Pancras were numerous ; and that although some of them were full to overflowing, others had plenty of ground still unoccupied. Here the CHAIRMAN intimated that as the cross-examination by Mr. Murphy was likely to tako up some time, the Com mittee had better adjourn. Adjourned accordingly till Monday at twelve o'clock. Lord Teigmouth sat on the Committee ; and we observed Lord Nugent among the spectators, appa rent l y ta ki ng great interest in the proceedings. SUB-COMMITTEE ON PETITIONS, (No. J.) Mr. GREENE in the Chair. Belfast Waterworks (Nos. 1 and 2).—Both these cases were adjourned, without anything done in them, until Monday. ELECTION COMMITTEES. YESTERDAY. ( From our Second Edition of last night.) READING. At four o'clock, when the Committee adjourned, the sitting Member was in a majority of one. HULL. The Committee met at two o'clock ; Sir G. STRICKLAND in the Chair. Mr. Hill, Mr. Austin, and Mr. Humphreys, appeared for the Petitioners ; Mr. Thessiger, Mr. Hildyard, and Mr. Wrangham, for the sitting Members. The petition of Frank Rawson and others, electors of the borough, having► been read, Mr. HILL proceeded to state the case on the part of the petitioners. The numbers at the close of the poll were—for Mr. Wilberforce, 1,514 ; Sir Walter James, 1,507 ; Mr. Hutt, 1,496 ; Mr. Wood, 1,431. With respect to Mr. Wilberforce, the petition alleged the want of a proper qualification. There were also the usual allegations with respect to charge of qualification, &c. (;which would resolve into a scrutiny) and also allegations of briossry and treating. Mr. John Evai:shaw, the Under-sh , rif, produced the poll hooks, which had been in his-possession since the election. The next witness called was John Castle, clerk to the Under-sheriff, but he was objected to by Mr. Ilildyard, on the ground that he had been in the room during the proceedings. The Committee ordered the room to he cleared ; on our re-admission the ChairmP.n said the Committee were of epinieqi that the witne , : , s shoul.i be examined, but they hoped that in future more attenti.,m would be paid to the order which b,9n giren. The poll books were then put in, and the Committee ad journed. CARLOW (COUNTY). The Committee postponed till to•,murrovr emir d 1( ision tW to opening of the registry. YOITG N.L. ..16 , ,n Maguire, obketed to by the he 1. cn thA•the holding for which he -,, as without r'r.o boundary liOe. As in the 'orrrxr ,;azeg the evidence for the objection was directlyeontra cicted by ti !! witnesses for the sitting Member, strathe C;.,m 4,ttee postponed their decision until to-morrow. I'o4 ;4!or MARKET INTELLIGENCE. ( From the. Neu; London Price Current of last evening.) Sl76.la.—The &Pith Plantation Market continues in a very dull state At auction 36 hhde. 17 brls. Trinidad have been brought for ward, which went very cheap, low sett mid. at 57a fid. a 58s. in brls., rather better 60s 6d., •ne lot of 11 birds. very heavy dark brown only fetched 53s , which is for the former 25., and for the latter 3s. lower than would have been given for them ten days ago. By private con tract good ord brown St. Kitts and Jamaica have been sold at 575. 6d very good grey for refining from the latter island at 60s. ; Demerara bright grocery brought 60s. to 61s. 6d. ; St. Kitts of Brown quality 57e. to 585., middling 58s. 6d. to 60s. ; Jamaica middling 504. to 604., ,00d middling and good 625. to 645. Refined goods have been in better demand by the grocers ; 78s, ob tained for Lumps passing the Standard, and 775. for those rather under; expo:ters continue to purchase with reluctance, and for double crushed a reduction of Is. has been accepted, small sales made at 365., and oven at this price there are few buyers. MAURITIUS.—The buyers continuing to purchase with much reluc tance, and the importers being free sellers, prices have further given way la. This afternoon the buyers again came forward cautiously ; good to strong grey of the late import went at 61s a 645., middling to good mid. 565. a 585., ord to good bright yellow 58s. a OIL, mid, to good brown 333. 6d. a a6s, Gd., fine yellow bought in at 6is. Gd. a 635. per cwt. EAST INDIA,.—A further reduction of 6d. to Is. has been submitted to for Bengal ; the grocers continue to purchase cautiously, taking only sufficient to supply their immed!ate necessities. This afternoon the public sales of 6,206 bags Bengal went off without spirit at a further de. aline in prices of 6d. a Is., mid. to good white selling at 61s. to 625. 6d.. fine 635. to 645., damps 603. 6d. to 625.. washed b9s. 6d. to 60s. MOLASSES.—For West India there is at present no demand, and par cels are offering at 2s. decline, but without meeting with buyers; Gd pun.. St. Kitts at auction were taken in at 275. Gd. for inferior quality dark and thin, and 100 puns. St. Vincent mid. at 28s. COFFEE.—There has been less enquiry from the grocers for clean mid. and good descriptions of British Plantation; ord. and unclean qualities have sold heavily at a reduction on former rates of 2s ; at auc t on 42 casks 43 brls. Berbice were taken in, mid. at 108 s., fine fine ord. at 1005., there b.fing no bidders near those prices ; 8 casks from the same island, unclean, sold at the reduction above noticed, mid. at 100 s., fine tine ord. 935. to 945. 6d. ; 100 barrels 3 bags Trinidad of clean quality went at its full •alue, good ord. 04s. Gd. to 905., fine ord. 925. 6d. to 965. ; Ceylon receded Is. ; small sales of good ord. made at 80s. a 81s. ; Mysore sold at 85s. for mid. ; Mocha is held far fully the rates previously established. COCOA.—For West India there are ♦ery few buyers, and 110 barrels Trinidad at auction were bought in 3s. under previous rates, ord. an d mid. grey at 455. to 475., fair and mid, red 48s. to 50s. In Foreign still no transactions to report, there being none at Market. _ . TALLew.—Prices still continue to advance, and for consumption there has been a steady demand for P. Y. Candle, 575. 6d. a 585. ob. tained for first quality. For delivery in the last three months large sales have been made at the improved quotation of 475. 6d. per cwt. Oils.—The demand for common Fish Oila for home use has again been very limited, and prices have still a downward appearance. For pale Seal of first quality 33/. has been accepted for small parcels, and 331.105. for Cod ; at auction 45 tuns Southern went at 241. 155. a 2 51 - for good quality, 13 tuns Cod withdrawn. Sperm sold at 801. a 811. Linseed has declined to 268. Rape has receded to 38s. 6d. a 395. for pale, and 378. 6d. for brown. This afternoon at auction 120 tuns Palm and 862 casks fine Ceylon Cocoa Nut were offered, the former all sold at the advanced prices of 438. to 455. 9d ; the latter only partly found buyers at 355. to 355. 3d. Rice —East India has maintained its former currency. Bengal at auction sold without spirit, low middling white at 14•. pvr cwt. Caro• lina advanced to 36a. SALTPETRL.—For ?tough there are still few orders. English Refined is still selling at 2.95. in hurls., and 295. 6d. in batrels, at which a fai t extent of business has been transact , d. This afternoon there was bale improvement in the demand ; 1,176 bags Calcutta at auction s Id at l s ' lower, retraction Ilid to at '23s. to 235. 6d. per cwt. Setces.—There has been a revival in the demand for Black Pauper , .tid. to 41d. paid for common Sumatra, and 5.1. for good heavy Malatm r- Pimento has been taken very sparingly, but fully previous prices are de manded ; at auction 86 bags were taken in, low middling at sf. I " Nutmegs, Mace, Cloves, and Cinnamon there has been little Ewing- Barbadoes Ginger sold desrer, mid. and good at 50s. 6d. to 565. MUSIC OF THE SUNBEAM.— world musical ° will shortly have a treat of a novel and most interesting na ture. It appears that the album of a distinguished songstresl about to quit the German stage, cont a in s many curious Ind unpublished relics of the most celebrated poets of the present. age—viz., ,Voss, Paul Flemming, Korner, Von Stolbe r g. iqahlmann, Jean Paul, Gerhardt, Goethe, Helmina v. Chezy r . &c. &c., which have been set to music by Haydn, Weber, Beethoven, Spohi, Lindpaintner, Hummel, Mendelsshon- Bartholdy, H. Marschner, T. Kuhlau, Chevalier Neukomm, &c. &c. These valuable morceaus have been secured by the proprietors of that spirited literary and musical periodical, " The Sunbeam," and will be published in successive numbers of that already highly popular publication, accompanied by a metrical translation of the words. THE RIVER AND THE DESART.—In deference to the advice given to Miss Pardoe by her intimate friends, she has published these volumes precisely as they were origi nally written. The result of the experiment," says the A tlas ' ought to induce Miss Pardoe, in future, to avoid the ornate and ambitious style;' for these letters, written without preme ditation, are a thousand times more natural, more faithful to the scenes they depict, and more lively and eloquent than any of Miss Pardoe's previous publications. If she can only con trive to write books as she writes letters, she will do more justice to her own powers than by th e mos t e l a b ora te efforts at refining and embellishing her subjects. The River and the Desert' is highly creditable to her, discovering more min' than any of her former works." Bell's Lift in London and Sporting Chronicle enlarged, and no additional charge—Price Fivepence. On Sunday, March 25th, the promised enlargement of Bell's LY 6 in London will take place, thereby affording additional seer ° for the extension of its Miscellaneous as well as Sporpng telligence. Extraordinary efforts will be made, by the employ ment of competent correspondents, to procure the moat ace rate accounts of the approaching Coursing Meetings in 9 A parts of the kingdom—S teep l e Chaces—Hunting exploits, an every event interesting to the Sporting world—while, i n the Racing department, the high reputation and accuracy of this widely circulated Journal will be fully sustained. Orders received by every News Agent in the United Kingdom. Sport ing Advertisements of Coursing Meetings, Steeple Chaccs, Race Meetings, &c., must be Bent to the Office on or before the Friday previous to publication -_a rule also applicable to the Sporting communications of our friends. Price of Begs Life i 3 London, five pence. Office, No. 170, Strand, where esn be had for threepence each, together or separate, parts l ' 2,3, 4, and 5, of the Gallery of Comicalities ; the 5 part' contain 43Q comic wood -cuts, the cost of which, desig - ning , end engraving, exceeded two thousand pounds—near t" millions have been sold—never out of print. Part 6of the Gallery of Comicalities, price threepence only, will be pug" lisped at No. 170, strand. on the 30th of April. Any o f the Parts taken back, and the cost price of twopence each returned, before Jan. 1, 1839. Placards for shop windows. EIGHT...DAY CLOCKS, to strike the flours and I - lalf-huurs, Fivo Gaines each. They are in elegant cases, about 7 1 - inches high, imitable either to stand en a bracket or ruaotel-piece, and are 'Warranted, at T. COX SA' VORY'S, Working Goldsmith, tko. &0., Cornhill, (Seven Doors from GracechttrA-street). N.}3.—A pamphlet containing drawings and a detailed list e t tho' prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, 'ma! be had gratis, or will be forwarded in answer to a post-paid aplicatioli: BIRTHS. At Charlton, Kent, on the 7111ii;et., the lady of J. J. Saunders, Esq., of a son. On the 3d inst., at Vauxhall, the lady of John R. F. Burnett, Esq., of a daughter. On the 6tli inst., of a son, Mrs. Baillie, of Audley-square- At the Vicarage, Edgeware, on the ith i ns t., t h e l a dy of the Rev. N. Fiott, of a daughter. On the Bth inst., Mrs. E. T. Clarkson, of Guildford-stru t ' Russell-square, of a son. On the Bth inst., in Grosvenor-square, the lady of H. Bainbridge, Esq., of a son. On the 6th inst., Mrs. Robert E. Barnes, North-end, Fulharn, of a daughter. On the 14th inst., in George-street, Hanover-square, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. C. A. Harris, of a son. On the 13th inst., Mrs. F. Heisch, jun., of a son. MARRIED. On the 7th inst., at Handsworth Church, the Rev. Richard Jes;i son Dawes, A.M., Incumbent of Salpe r t on , Gloucestershire, and eldest son of S. Dawes, Esq., of the Leveretts, to Letitia, second surviving daughter of the late Rev. E. B urn , A.M., Mi n ister 0 St. Mary's, Birmingham, and Rector of Smithcote, Salop. DIED. On the 12th inst., at Henly Park, Helen, youngest child of Her man Merivale, Esq. On the 14th inst., in Regent -square, Catherine Roekliffe, wife of Mr. Arthur Norton, aged 24. On the 9th inst., in Great Russell-street, Charles Bell, Esq" late of Cadogan-place, aged 52. On the 1 Ith inst , at Farcham, Hants, Wm. Randall, Esq, late of Southampton, aged 78. On the 12th inst., in Aldermanbury, Wm. Ireland, Esq. d On the 13th inst., Miss Edmunds, daughter of the late Richer Edmunds, Esq., of Chancery. lane, and of Edderton, in Alontgo meryshire. On the sth inst., at Kendal, Mary Ann, e ldest daughter of t he late J. Flintoff, Esq., of Railley Fell, Durham. On the 13th inst , at West Ham, Essex, Miss Anna Blydesteyn, aged 74. On the 13th inst., Mary Ann, wife of H. B. Raven, Esq. , of Sloane -street, Chelsea. On the 13th inst., Eliza Emma, the wife of G. W. Poole, Esq' solicitor, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury. London ; Printed and Published b .A.tuilDo YouisTU, of I"; 112, Stra n d, a t Th e Sun Office, No. 112, Strand, in the county of Middlesex.—Saturday, March 17, 1838.